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Chastity
1552
from the Virtues and Vices series, 1552
Medium
engraving
Measurements
10.1 × 6.2 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
The Illustrated Bartsch 120 (vol. 16 p. 194); Hollstein vol. I p. 58
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: 1552 / AG (monogram)
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: Caƒta pudicitiae virtus obnoxia nullis / Criminibus quoru ſit ƒacienda rea.
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pencil on small backing sheet l.c.: La Chastité
inscribed in pen and brown ink on small backing sheet on reverse c.l.: WS (Lugt 2650: W. Sharp)
inscribed in pen and brown ink on small backing sheet on reverse l.r.: 40" Mar 1698
stamped in ink l.c.: (incomplete collector's stamp, probably Lugt 2364: Sir Joshua Reynolds)
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet l.r.: RS 1063 (1063 in a circle)
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet l.l.: B.120 Chastity
Accession Number
1278.565-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Animals Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
angels (spirits) banners personification purity unicorns virtue Virtues (allegorical characters) women (female humans)
Movements
Renaissance